DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

Final rule.

This final rule becomes effective on January 4, 2016.

30 CFR Part 250

Summary

This rule amends the regulations to require lessees and owners of operating rights to submit summaries of actual decommissioning expenditures incurred after completion of certain decommissioning activities for oil and gas and sulphur operations on the Outer Continental Shelf. This information will help BSEE to better estimate future decommissioning costs related to OCS leases, rights-of-way, and rights of use and easement.